annual report 2010

Houston Arts Alliance FY10 Summary Grants Report

FY10 City HOT Funding Contract directed

Cultural Districts Theater District Improvement $2,436,636 Miller Theatre Advisory Board $1,624,422 Houston Museum District Association $1,827,477 City Initiatives $295,767 Sub-Total $6,016,035

Competitive grants

General Operating Support $2,526,492 Arts Project Grants $130,157 Touring & Presenting $100,829 Individual Artist Grants $172,000 Management Assistance Services Grants $127,500 Artist Neighborhood Project Grants (n/a in 2010) LINC Grants (unrestricted fund/board designated) $20,000Sub-Total $3,076,978

TOTAL GRANTS $9,261,282

Houston Arts Alliance FY10 Financial Statement Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2010Assets

Cash & cash equivalents $3,367,097 Receivables City of Houston contract $3,007,559 Others $0 Pledges receivable $130,000Prepaid expenses and other assets $23,530Property and equipment, net $68,817

Total Assets $6,597,003

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses $324,877 Deferred revenue $70,154 Grants payable $2,991,245 Total liabilities $3,386,276

Net Assets Unrestricted $824,576 Temporarily restricted $2,386,151

Total Net Assets $3,210,727

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $6,597,003

Houston Arts Alliance exists to enhance the quality of life and tourism in the Houston region by supporting and promoting the arts through programs, initiatives and alliances.

Houston Arts Alliance

Statement of Activities for the year ended June 30, 2010 Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total Revenue

Contributions City of Houston $10,152,649 $10,152,649 Federal, state and county grants $59,000 $59,000 Other contributions $438,551 $438,551Civic art and design contracts $3,703,779 $3,703,779Grant reversions $70,813 $70,813 Other income $6,386 $6,386

Total revenue $3,710,165 $10,721,013 $14,431,178 Net assets released from restrictions Grant expenditures $9,262,637 $(9,262,637) Other program expenditures $1,320,543 $(1,320,543) TOTAL $14,293,345 $137,833 $14,431,178

Expenses

Program services Grants and grant administration $9,465,209 Civic art and design $3,813,678 Management assistance and services $590,040 Arts advancement $320,108 Folklife and traditional arts $32,051 Total program services $14,221,086Management and general $541,715Fundraising $87,364

TOTAL EXPENSES $14,850,165 CHANGES IN NET ASSETS ($556,820) $137,833 $418,987

Net assets, beginning of year $1,381,396 $2,248,318 $3,629,714 Net assets, end of year $824,576 $ 2,386,151 $3,210,727

FY10 List of Grantees

Arts Project Grants Applause Theatre Company $13,533.00American Turkish Association of Houston $5,098.00Aperio, Music of the Americas $2,688.00Archaeological Institute of America, Houston Society $3,059.00Bay Area Chorus $4,867.00Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre $3,800.00Buffalo Bayou Partnership $4,171.00Chinese Community Center, Inc. $9,269.00Classical Theatre Company $927.00Colombian Folkloric Ballet $9,269.00Dance Source Houston $4,147.00Dancepatheatre $1,483.00Discovery Green Conservancy $4,171.00Gulf Coast Drum Corps Associates $3,400.00Houston Pride Band, Inc. $1,460.00Houston Swing Dance Society $4,635.00Jewish Community Center of Houston $4,264.00Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company $1,761.00Millenium Press $1,669.00NTD Public TV Houston Inc. $3,893.00Psophonia Dance Company $4,079.00River Performing and Visual Arts Center $4,727.00The Catastrophic Theatre $4,727.00The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston $4,867.00Travesty Dance Group $4,635.00Trinity Episcopal Church/Trinity Jazz Festival $2,874.00University of Houston – Downtown/O’Kane Gallery $4,171.00University of Houston/KUHF Houston Public Radio $9,269.00Uptown Dance Company $3,244.00

TOTAL $130,157.00

City’s InitiativeAurora Picture Show $8,767.00Czech Cultural & Community Center $10,000.00Discovery Green Conservancy $10,000.00Ensemble $10,000.00Et Voila Theatre $5,000.00Foundation for Modern Music $10,000.00Frenticore $10,000.00Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention $8,000.00Glasstire $10,000.00HAA – Statewide Arts Convening $25,000.00HAA Fifth Ward Initiative $10,000.00Houston Chamber Choir $10,000.00Houston Children’s Chorus $10,000.00Houston Cinema Arts Society $10,000.00Houston Downtown Improvement, Inc. $10,000.00Houston Symphony Society $10,000.00Indo-American Association $4,000.00MECA $9,200.00Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble $8,000.00Neighborhood Centers Inc. $10,000.00Organization of Chinese Americans $10,000.00Orissa Culture Center $5,000.00Rice University $20,000.00Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas” $8,000.00Sisterhood Creations Children Association Inc. $4,800.00Talento Bilingue De Houston $10,000.00Texan-French Alliance for the Arts $10,000.00Texan-French Alliance for the Arts $10,000.00The Heritage Society $10,000.00The Positive Project $5,000.00University of Houston – Clear Lake $5,000.00TOTAL $295,767.00

Management Assistance and Services GrantsArs Lyrica Houston $12,500.00Creative Alternatives dba City ArtWorks $12,500.00Mercury Baroque Ensemble $20,000.00Musiqa Inc. $35,000.00Spacetaker $20,000.00Voices Breaking Boundaries $15,000.00Weather Museum – Weather Research Center $12,500.00TOTAL $127,500.00

Cultural Districts Houston Museum District Association $1,827,477.00

The Children’s Museum of Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston Zoo, Inc., The Jung Center of Houston, Lawndale Art Center, The Menil Collection, Museum of Health & Medical Science, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rice University Art Gallery

Miller Theatre Advisory Board (?)$1,624,422.00 Theater District Improvement Inc. $2,436,636.00

Alley Theatre, Da Camera of Houston, Houston Ballet Foundation, Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc., Houston Symphony Society, Society for the Performing Arts, Theatre Under The Stars

TOTAL $5,888,537.00

General Operating Support Ambassadors International Ballet Folklorico $12,977.00American Festival for the Arts $36,429.00Ars Lyrica Houston $10,011.00Art Colony Association, Inc. $41,063.00Art League of Houston $26,788.00Art Lies $21,783.00Asia Society Texas $11,401.00Asian-Pacific American Heritage Association $19,002.00Aurora Picture Show $21,968.00Bayou City Concert Musicals $4,357.00Bayou City Performing Arts $19,929.00Bharathi Kalai Manram $13,440.00Brazilian Arts Foundation $27,159.00Buffalo Bayou Artpark $1,000.00Byzantine Fresco Foundation $12,977.00CANTARE Houston $5,098.00Center for African American Military History $33,648.00Children’s Prison Arts Projects $10,196.00City Ballet of Houston $6,952.00City Dance, Inc. $24,193.00Community Artists’ Collective $18,353.00Creative Alternatives (dba City ArtWorks) $22,061.00Czech Cultural & Community Center $20,578.00Dance Houston $7,879.00Dance of Asian America $16,314.00Dionysus Theatre $15,480.00DiverseWorks Artspace $44,215.00Doctors Orchestra of Houston $5,932.00Dominic Walsh Dance Theater $13,626.00Express Children’s Theatre $55,523.00FotoFest, Inc. $40,043.00Foundation for Modern Music $3,893.00FrenetiCore $3,355.00Fresh Arts Coalition $9,547.00Glasstire $11,216.00Greater Houston Preservation Alliance $32,072.00Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts $6,767.00HITS Theatre $35,872.00Hope Stone Inc. $17,426.00Houston Boychoir $4,727.00Houston Center for Contemporary Craft $45,698.00Houston Center for Photography $24,842.00Houston Chamber Choir $22,385.00Houston Children’s Chorus $27,530.00

Houston Early Music $8,157.00Houston Fire Museum $15,387.00Houston Friends of Music $23,544.00Houston Horizon Chorus $5,284.00Houston Institute for Culture $6,948.00Houston International Dance Coalition $19,280.00Houston International Festival $92,693.00Houston International Film Festival, Inc. $19,651.00Houston Masterworks Chorus $6,767.00Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, Inc. $24,934.00Houston Tidelanders $9,269.00Houston Young Artists Concert $3,601.00Houston Youth Symphony and Ballet $28,457.00Indo-American Association $36,336.00Inprint, Inc. $42,639.00Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston $10,511.00InterActive Theatre Company, Inc. $10,567.00Jazz Education, Inc. $43,844.00Kingwood Musical Arts Society $4,171.00Kingwood Pops Orchestra $3,708.00Kuumba House, Inc. $11,957.00Main Street Theater $44,864.00Masquerade Theatre $29,291.00MECA $92,693.00Mercury Baroque Ensemble $26,696.00Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble $3,708.00Museum of Printing History $24,842.00Musiqa, Inc. $11,123.00Nameless Sounds $7,693.00Nuestra Palabra Latino Writers Having Their Say $16,017.00Opera in the Heights $36,336.00Orange Show Center for Visionary Art $31,886.00Project Row Houses $82,126.00Revels Houston, Inc. $10,104.00Rice Design Alliance $44,956.00River Oaks Chamber Orchestra $22,432.00Rothko Chapel $49,498.00Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas” $4,542.00SAMSKRITI, Society for Indian Performing Arts $10,474.00Sandra Organ Dance Company $18,168.00Several Dancers Core $11,031.00Southwest Alternate Media Project $27,437.00Spacetaker $13,533.00Stages Repertory Theatre $44,215.00Suchu, Inc. $12,236.00Talento Bilingue De Houston $64,978.00Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts $6,396.00Texas Dragon Boat Association $10,752.00The Bach Society $15,294.00The Company OnStage, Inc. $4,913.00The Country Playhouse $11,216.00The Ensemble Theatre $92,693.00The Heritage Society $51,445.00Theatre Lab Houston $7,693.00Theatre Southwest $5,284.00University of Houston – Arte Publico Press $47,459.00University of Houston – Blaffer Gallery $62,383.00University of Houston – Texas Music Festival $37,912.00Virtuosi of Houston $21,319.00Voices Breaking Boundaries $26,788.00Weather Museum – Weather Research Center $19,190.00Writers In The Schools $44,956.00Young Audiences of Houston $26,510.00TOTAL $2,526,492.00

Individual Arts Grants Ben Tecumseh DeSoto $7,500.00Bill Davenport $7,500.00Cedric Ary $5,000.00Coert Voorhees $7,500.00David Stuart MacLean $3,000.00Dawolu Jabari Anderson $7,500.00Felicia Johnson $5,000.00Irene Keliher $3,000.00Jaimee Vilela $3,000.00Jamal Cyrus $7,500.00Jennifer Wood $7,500.00Karina Pal-Montano $5,000.00Katherine Rae Heinlein $7,500.00Katrina Moorhead $7,500.00Katy Anderson $7,500.00Kay Nguyen $5,000.00Kimberly Meyer $7,500.00Leslie Scates $5,000.00Lovie Olivia Nolan $7,500.00Melanie Crader $7,500.00Miah Arnold $7,500.00Michael Remson $7,500.00Monica Villarreal $3,000.00Rathna Kumar $7,500.00Richard Lavenda $7,500.00Shih-Hui Chen $7,500.00William Betts $7,500.00TOTAL $172,000.00 Touring & Neighborhood Arts Program American Cowboy Museum $3,000.00Aurora Picture Show $3,000.00Children’s Prison Arts Project $2,000.00Cypress Creek Community Chorale $3,000.00Cypress Creek FACE $6,000.00Da Camera of Houston $3,000.00Dance Houston $3,000.00Dance of Asian America $6,000.00Diaz Music Institute $3,000.00Exclamation Dance Company $3,000.00Express Children’s Theatre $6,000.00Greater Houston Chorus dba Houston Choral Showcase $3,000.00Houston Chamber Choir $3,000.00Houston Choral Society $3,000.00Houston Family Arts Center $6,000.00Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc. $6,000.00Houston Institute for Culture $3,000.00Houston Repertoire Ballet $3,000.00Houston Young Artists Concert $3,000.00Indian Music Society of Houston $1,700.00Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center $6,000.00River Performing and Visual Arts Center $3,000.00Several Dancers Core $5,000.00Sisterhood Creations Children Association Inc. $2,750.00Southwest Alternate Media Project $2,531.00The Positive Project $6,000.00Theatre Suburbia, Inc. $2,848.00TOTAL $100,829.00

LINC Grants TOTAL $20,000.00 Grant Grand Total Sum $9,261,282.00

Contributors

Anonymous (2)Argentina JamesBarbara Davis GalleryBrad & Leslie BucherBromelkamp Company LLCCatherine LamboleyCenter for African American Military History - BSNMChristine Jelson WestCissy Segall DavisDarryl KingDawn BlitzDenise DuBardFabené WelchFidelity Chairtable Gift FundGilbaneMarshal LightmanJoe DilgJoe SynanJosé SolisScott and Judy Nyquist FundKathryn McNielLeslie BlantonMinnette BoeselMrs. W.E. FitzgibbonLisa and Peter McStravickPhilamena BairdPrinciple PartneringRandalls/SafewayRebecca S. TrahanThe Anchorage Foundation of TexasThe Brown Foundation, Inc.Vanessa McCallaVinson and ElkinsWatermark*Wells Fargo FoundationWilliam C. LipscombJoe Wilson*in-kind

Staff

Jonathon Glus, President & Chief Executive OfficerLiz Alexander, Grants CoordinatorJanel Badrina, Programs & Services CoordinatorCarrie F. Bañuelos, Administrative Coordinator Crystal Benavides, Grants Coordinator/CuratorJimmy Castillo, Civic Art + Design Collection ManagerTangie Cooper, Acting Finance ManagerPiper Faust, Civic Art + Design Project ManagerFleurette Fernando, Director of GrantsReginald French, Chief Operating OfficerRichard Graber, Director of Programs & ServicesRyland Holmes, Communications Senior ManagerPat Jasper, Director of Folklife & Traditional ArtsKathryn Lanning, Executive Assistant Matthew Lennon, Director of Civic Art + DesignJocelyn Ozan, Director of Finance & AdministrationKaren Ross, Communications CoordinatorKristina Spritzer, Grants CoordinatorJerome Vielman, Programs & Services Manager Joseph Wilson, Director of Grants

*some staff partial year

FY10 Board of Directors

Fabené Welch, ChairMarshal Lightman, Vice ChairJohn Guess Jr., TreasurerLeslie Blanton, Vice-TreasurerJosé Solís, SecretaryArgentina James, Immediate Past ChairPhilamena BairdKenneth Barrett Minnette BoeselBrad BucherJoe DilgDenise DuBardJan Brooks FitzgibbonJoe HavelBoris HidalgoJanet McDonald HobbyNicolás Kanellos Darryl KingCathy LamboleyPeter MarzioPeter McStravick Captain P.J. MatthewsMarc MelcherVanessa Perez McCalla Judy NyquistGreg OrtaleAdrian PattersonMark PraiggLouise Upshaw-McClenny

Agency Partner Liaisons Cissy Segall Davis, Miller Theater Advisory BoardSarah Loudermilk, Houston Theater DistrictChristine Jelson West, Houston Museum District

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